EFTA00021133.pdf

From: [Redacted]
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:56:50 +0000
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Hi,
Any Flights denoted by CA, YCA or Govt. DG are approved.
Thanks

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:56 PM
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

Thanks [Redacted] for clarifying the travel procedure to [Redacted]. [Redacted], please let me know if the fully refundable flight option I sent to you in the previous email is okay and I’ll continue with your booking. Note, the return flight on 2/20 you chose is also not refundable, so I’m looking into other options for that flight as well. I’ll send you those options shortly.

[Redacted]
U.S. Attorney’s Office (SDNY)
Legal Assistant, Public Corruption
[Redacted]

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:51 PM
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

We steer away from penalty flights in all instances. The change fees & cancellation risk is rarely ever worth it. Most penalty fees are $300.
In the booking screen always scroll down and set the travel preferences for fare type preference to “unrestricted coach”
That way the penalty fares won’t even show up in your search.
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From: [Redacted]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:48 PM
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

[Image of booking search screen showing 'Unrestricted' fare preference]

Is it a requirement that our domestic flights be refundable? I knew that was true for international flights but I thought we could book nonrefundable flights traveling domestically?

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:46 PM
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request
Importance: High

[Redacted], the Delta departing flight you chose leaving LGA at 9:00am, arriving in Pensacola, FL at 12:49pm is not refundable, so you’ll need to choose another flight option. While checking out your flight options, I found a flight that will get you into Pensacola, FL around the same time as your preferred option that’s fully refundable. The difference is that the flight leaves at 8:11am instead of 9:00am. I’ve placed the departing flight below for your review.

American Airlines
Contract carrier
[Redacted], Feb 19
New York, NY (LGA), 8:11 AM
Charlotte, NC (CLT), 10:35 AM
[Redacted] miles
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[Redacted] 1252
Coach Lowest available including Penalty fares.
Airbus A319
Preview seat map
Layover (55m)
Charlotte, NC (CLT)
American Airlines
Contract carrier
[Redacted], Feb 19
Charlotte, NC (CLT), 11:30 AM
Pensacola, FL (PNS), 12:23 PM
[Redacted] miles
AA 5298 (Operated by PSA AIRLINES AS AMERICAN EAGLE)
Coach Lowest available including Penalty fares.
CRJ900
Preview seat map
All available fares for Option 28
$161.70
YCA
Govt contract fare limited availability

Please let me know if you would like me to reserve this flight instead and I’ll continue with your reservation. Thanks as always.

[Redacted]
U.S. Attorney’s Office (SDNY)
Legal Assistant, Public Corruption
[Redacted]

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:26 PM
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

Apologies for the slight delay yesterday on this travel, we had a witness scheduling issue so the travel will be a day later than originally anticipated. The city is Pensacola, Florida, and it will be me and [Redacted] (rather than [Redacted] and [Redacted]).

[Redacted], if you could please book me on the following flights:

Feb. 19: Delta, LGA to PNS, 9:00 a.m. (arriving 12:49 p.m.)
Feb. 20: Delta, PNS to LGA, 4:06 p.m. (arriving 9:41 p.m.)

And the following hotel, for the night of Feb. 19:
- Hilton Garden Inn (listed in E2 as “HGI PENSACOLA AIRPORT MEDICAL”)

We will also need a conference room at the Hilton Garden Inn for February 19, starting at 5:00 p.m. for three hours (or for the entire day, if that’s the only way they’ll do it).

Please let us know if any questions or issues, and thanks as always.
[Redacted]
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From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 09:02
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: Re: travel approval request

Hi,
Which specific city will the hotel be in?

If [Redacted] could push the travel authorizations thru to [Redacted] & I today, that would be great…. As well as sending the conference room payment request to Nick Siu.
Remember to take the FL tax exempt form along with you.

Thanks
Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2020, at 6:43 AM, [Redacted] wrote:
Approved
Sent from my iPad

On Feb 11, 2020, at 7:53 PM, [Redacted] wrote:

[Redacted],
Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), [Redacted] and I would like to please request permission for the two of us to travel next week for an interview of a witness in Pensacola, Florida on 2/19. We’d plan to fly down on 2/18 and fly back on 2/19. Also, similar to prior requests, we’d like to request approval to get a conference room on 2/19.

Thank you,
[Redacted]

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:56 PM
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request
Approved

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:49 PM
To: [Redacted]
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Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

[Redacted],
Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), but with an added international element, we’d like to please request permission for the team to travel next week for an interview near Stockholm, Sweden, next week on January 29th and/or 30th. We expect to be traveling, respectively, some combination of the 27th (overnight) to the 31st, depending on when the interview ends up being scheduled, and we’ll put final dates on our formal applications. Also similar to prior trips, we’d like to request approval to get a conference room for one of those days at a hotel for the interview itself.

Also based on our discussion earlier we’ll be mindful of looking for domestic (or domestic-flagged) carrier flights, as well as the costs of any alternatives, in looking at possible specific bookings. Thanks as always for your help and input on that.

thank you,
[Redacted]

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 09:58
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

[Redacted],
Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), we’d like to please request permission for the team to travel next week for an interview (or possibly interviews) in Los Angeles on December 16 and/or 17. We expect to be traveling, respectively, some combination of the 15th to the 18th. Also similar to prior trips, we’d like to request approval to get a conference room for one of those days.

thank you,
[Redacted]

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2019 16:53
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

[Redacted],
Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), we’d like to please request permission for the team to travel next week for an interview in Los Angeles on November 14. We expect to be traveling, respectively, some combination of the 13th to the 15th (and no conference room necessary for this trip).

thanks,
[Redacted]
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From: [Redacted]
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 13:55
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

[Redacted],
Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), we’d like to please request permission to travel next week for an interview in West Palm Beach on November 4. It will just be me and [Redacted], and we’ll travel some combination of the 3rd to the 5th. And also same as last time, we’d like to ask permission to reserve a conference room at the hotel on that Monday for the interview, please.

thanks very much,
[Redacted]

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 14:51
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

[Redacted],
Again in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), we’d like to please request permission to travel next week for a victim interview in Los Angeles. As of now we tentatively expect to fly down Wednesday and return no later than Friday (and will keep the timeframe as short as scheduling allows). The trip will be some combination of me, [Redacted], and/or [Redacted], as previously. And also same as last time, we’d like to ask permission to reserve a conference room at the hotel on Thursday for the interview, please.

thanks very much,
[Redacted]

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 14:57
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

[Redacted],
Again in connection with the Epstein investigation, we’d like to please request permission to travel for approximately three days next week for meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach, Florida. As of now we tentatively expect to fly down Tuesday night and return on Wednesday or Thursday (and will keep the timeframe as short as scheduling allows).
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Unfortunately we’re still trying to pin down timing for interviewing the victims, so depending on the timing it will either be me and [Redacted] or [Redacted] and [Redacted], but we wanted to ask for permission now either way so we weren’t doing it super last minute after the holiday on Tuesday. And also same as last time, we’d like to ask permission to reserve a conference room at the hotel for the interviews, please.

thanks very much,
[Redacted].

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 20:57
To: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request

Thank you

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 20:46
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: Re: travel approval request

Approved
Sent from my iPad

On Apr 3, 2019, at 8:02 PM, [Redacted] wrote:

[Redacted],
For the same case as below, United States v. Epstein, 2018R01618, an investigation relating to enticement of minors for sexual activity, [Redacted] and I would like to please request permission to travel for approximately three days next week for meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach, Florida. As of now we tentatively expect to fly down Tuesday night and return on Friday, though we will shorten the timeframe if scheduling allows.

Please let us know if any other information would be helpful, and thanks very much.

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 18:32
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: travel approval request

[Redacted],
[Redacted] and I would like to please request permission for travel for United States v. Epstein, 2018R01618, an investigation relating to enticement of minors for sexual activity, for two days of meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach and/or Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As of now we’re hoping to fly down next Wednesday night and return on Saturday.

Please let us know if any other information would be helpful, and thanks as always.
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[Redacted]
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Southern District of New York
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